The little princess sat on her carriage and looked at the soldiers mobilizing outside and said angrily.
Lan Yu has already begun to attack Kaifeng.
But the situation is not optimistic...
His heavy artillery has not yet been transported, and such things must be transported by water.
But now the Yellow River waterway to the north of Huai'an is still frozen. Even if you take the Huaihe River, several rivers to the north are also frozen. Those heavy artillery have just arrived in Huai'an, and of course the field artillery and rapid-fire cannons he can carry cannot be fired.
Kaifeng City. But Kaifeng City is the seat of the capital of Henan. There are a bunch of artillery of various types on the city wall, and various supplies are enough to last for one or two years. After the failure of the storm, it has been turned into a siege.
Then there was an artillery battle between the two sides.
As for digging tunnels and blasting, this is of little significance to the warring parties who are familiar with each other.
Even a real siege was impossible because the cavalry of the defenders in the city was stronger.
In fact, Zhu Di's cavalry went out of the city many times to raid the imperial army. The latter lost more than they won. In addition to the fact that these cavalry had returned from the Western Expeditions and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, the more important point was that the morale of the imperial army was not high.
Some generals even let go.
Definitely.
After all, even the emperor himself did not say that his uncles were rebels.
this point is very important.
This is a family matter of the Zhu family. After all, it is the matter of uncles, nephews and brothers. If it is clear that they are rebelling, then these generals can fight without distraction. But now the emperor has not issued an order saying that they rebelled, then if they fight
If one of them dies, it's hard to say what will happen to these generals, and even the possibility of being convicted is not impossible.
Moreover, Zhu Di himself was extremely respected by the army.
Many of them are still his old subordinates.
In recent years, he has conquered Mongolia, Jurchen, and Japanese countries by cobbling together armies from various places.
For example, when he conquered the Japanese country, many Shandong governors participated in the war, as well as many from the capital. These people did not want to fight against him in the first place, and it was now a time when the nature was unclear.
Be smart, everyone!
As for the blue jade, it's useless.
Firstly, he does not have those adopted sons now, so he is not so smooth in his work after all. Secondly, he has been taking care of himself for many years. The Ming Dynasty's military technology is advancing rapidly. In less than seven years, it has evolved from the Humen gun to a small number of flintlock guns, and from the Hongwu cannon.
Arrive at Hongyi Cannon.
Seven years of technology spanned two hundred and fifty years, and someone like him who had been retiring for many years was not adaptable to new tactics.
For example, when it comes to the cavalry attack, he obviously lacks knowledge of Camel City.
His old-style cavalry could not defeat Zhang Fu's camel city tactics.
Similarly, he also needs an adaptation process to the power of new weapons, because he has never faced a battle with these weapons. He even got too close when observing the battlefield and was almost decapitated by a field artillery shell. Although it was extremely rich
Combat experience allows him to learn new forms of combat in the shortest time, but he is ultimately no better than those who have been training with these new weapons all year round. Why is Zhang Fu the best at Tuocheng? He has been practicing since the 25th year of Hongwu.
He was taught by Yang Feng, and now it is the first year of Chengguang or the thirty-second year of Hongwu. He has been playing for almost seven years.
There were countless battles during this period.
Not to mention the Western Expedition that penetrated the entire Mobei Grassland and reached the middle of the river.
Old cavalry tactics, Lan Yu is at the level of his ancestors.
In terms of new cavalry tactics, Lan Yu can be considered at the level of his disciple at best.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front, and the waves in front will eventually die on the beach.
Not to mention Zhang Fu, even people like Guo Yong from the Shenji Battalion, who were considered inferior to him as his subordinates in the past, are much better than him in the use of new tactics, especially the use of artillery. Now
The blue jade is more of a signboard in the military.
But he can't defeat Kaifeng, and the situation around him is constantly changing.
The guards of King Jin went south from Shuofang, and with the cooperation of the guards of Dai Wang, they quickly controlled Datong, and then joined forces with King Gu of Xuan Mansion. The three kings actually controlled Xuanda, and joined forces with King Ning. In this way, the guards of the four kings controlled Datong.
The whole of Monan. In the south, the Zhu Gaochi brothers controlled Beiping. The five families still formed an alliance and had the ability to go south. As for the imperial guards in these places, because the main forces have not returned from the Western Regions, and those who remain do not want to fight, so basically
They are all guarding Yingcheng. Anyway, the generals do not participate in the actions of the kings' guards, but they do not interfere. After all, we are all relatives and friends. There is really no need to get involved when the situation is unclear.
Of course the latter will not attack them.
Business travel in various places was normal, and local officials followed the instructions, but the feudal king's guards acted without authorization.
However, the local police station did not intercept them either.
Originally, Guo Ying and Xu Huizu, a marquis and a duke, suppressed the north, but Guo Ying was imprisoned and Xu Huizu went south to Shaanxi to suppress the Qin vassal. Behind them, the remaining troops in Shanxi could only hold on.
In other words, self-protection.
Shanxi military households are inherently different.
This has been a war with the imperial court. For these military households, as long as there are no orders from Yang Feng or Yang Feng's women, everyone can just maintain this state of self-preservation.
And you can make a fortune.
For example, selling armor, weapons and ammunition to various armies, including guards.
What a great opportunity!
Anyway, even if the kings of Xuanda go south, it is impossible to go to Shanxi, and the imperial army goes north, which is even more impossible. After all, Kaifeng must be captured first, so just watch. Xu Huizu entered Xi'an, but he could not order an attack on Qin
The palace, this requires an imperial decree. The only thing he can do is to ensure that the guards of the three kings of Zhou Suqing will not enter the pass. But he is unable to go to Longyou, and the generals of the guard there are also protecting themselves. Fortunately, the guards of the three kings will not enter the pass.
Nor did he venture eastward.
They are waiting.
Wait for Zhu Di to make up his mind.
Once Zhu Di makes up his mind, he can send people to the Western Regions to summon servants.
However, the Liao King's bodyguard was targeted to death by Yang Wen's army in Guangning.
The King of Liao himself only brought two thousand guards to join the coalition forces in Kaifeng. The combat effectiveness of his two thousand was second only to Zhu Di's three thousand. Those who were essentially dragoons carrying blunderbuss, spears and bows and arrows often charged
They went out to harass, because Lan Yu's siege could not actually be truly surrounded. They even used their speed to bypass it, and then ran to attack Lan Yu's logistics line.
As for the King of Chu, he still blocked the Yangtze River.
Li Jinglong, who was reactivated, led Chen Xuan and other troops to march westward with the navy, and then attacked Wuchang.
But it didn't open.
The military and civilians of Wuchang worked together to unite under the King of Chu to fight against the imperial court. After all, because of Liu Sanwu's death, the Huguang gentry was hostile to Zhu Yunxi, although he died in prison and Yang Feng was the one who caused the trouble.
But Yang Feng was Zhu Yunxi's dog-headed military advisor.
Song Zhong was even more of a minion of Zhu Yunxi.
So it is obvious that Zhu Yunxi and Yang Feng designed to kill Liu Sanwu and kill Zhu Yunwen, the teacher and the main adviser. Now that the King of Chu is causing trouble, the Wuchang gentry will of course fully support it. Even the gentry in other places in Huguang are also waving flags and shouting for the King of Chu, such as
He bribed chieftains to cause trouble and contained the health centers in various parts of Huguang.
Among all the vassal kings, only the foolish King Qi did not move, and the other King Shu entered the capital.
"It's chaos, everything is chaos!"
The little princess said bitterly again.
"How about we use newspapers to reveal that the master is in Huining?"
Haruhime said.
"What's the use of making it public? Now that the situation is like this, who will listen to him when he comes out to speak? Besides, if he can make Fourth Brother and others stop fighting, wouldn't he be more effective than the emperor's words? What do you want the emperor to think?"
said the little princess.
She is no longer a child.
She was very aware of Yang Feng's awkward position in Ming Dynasty.
Although Zhu Yunxi had a good relationship with Yang Feng, that was before he became emperor and he needed Yang Feng's support. But now that he has become emperor, he may not necessarily like someone who is actually more effective than the emperor's words. Yang Fenghe
The relationship between her father can be said to be known all over the world. No emperor would like to have such a person in his country. If Yang Feng can stop the kings, then he will make Zhu Yunhe even more wary.
It won't fall well.
After all, it is like this, and the kings have no way out.
"Let's see, whoever wins will not touch us in the end."
She said immediately.
Indeed, whoever wins will not touch them.
The carriage continued to move forward, and at this time several little girls ran over...
"Auntie, Fourth Mother."
They came to the carriage and saluted.
These are all Yang Feng's adopted daughters. His first batch of adopted daughters have all grown up and are basically married to Yang Feng's employees, many of whom are in the capital. However, during this period, Yang Feng's adoption of adopted daughters was long-term, not only
Buy it from outside, such as the Japanese country of Korea or even Tusi, and even the orphans of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the number of these underage adopted daughters on Mount Wutai has always been maintained at two to three thousand.
They all call Yang Feng daddy.
So of course the little princess and others are mothers. Although strictly speaking, Yang Feng's concubines are only Chun Ji and Green Slave, but you don't need to worry about such trivial matters.
The little princess is the eldest mother, Zhang Ying's second mother, Green Slave's third mother, Chunji's fourth mother, and Gu Lina should be the fifth mother, but she has never been ignored.
"What's the matter?"
Haruhime said.
"Si Niang, we were playing outside just now and we met someone, it seems to be that Fang Xiaoru."
An adopted daughter said.
"Fang Xiaoru, didn't he run away with Yunwen? Didn't you admit your mistake?"
The little princess immediately came forward.
"Back to auntie, when he was in the capital, we often played with a girl from his family. We also went to his home several times. I guess he didn't admit his mistake. He even reprimanded us and said we didn't understand etiquette."
Another adopted daughter said.
The little princess took out a few treasure bills...
"Take it and play with it yourself!"
she said.
Several adopted daughters quickly took it and ran away happily.
In fact, these foster girls are more efficient in conducting intelligence in the capital than the Jin Yiwei, because they are all children and no one pays attention to them, and as long as they are not in class, they run around the capital. They have pocket money, and they also have
They know how to do business and sell some candies, toys and books among the children in the capital. In short, they have an underground intelligence network.
Moreover, even if Jinyiwei disguises himself, he cannot go to someone's house to spy on information.
Not to mention the inner house, no one even noticed them when they went to other people's study rooms.
There are two to three thousand little girls, all of them are gorgeous and have all kinds of good things. It is not easy to coax a few children outside. After getting along well with them, they can be taken home to play with just a few pieces of candy.
"Fang Xiaoru, why did he sneak back?"
The little princess frowned and said.
Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng have been wanted, and they have been together with Zhu Yunwen. As for Qi Tai, she guessed, but if something like this happened, even if it was a guess, she had to tell Zhu Yunxi, so Qi Tai had been dismissed. But Zhu Yunxi did not
The evidence of Qi Tai's involvement is just that he was dismissed from his post on the pretext of poor military affairs. Zhu Yunxi was actually a suspicious person. Qi Tai had hidden it very well over the years, otherwise he would not have been the Minister of the Ministry of War. But even if he was a suspicious person like this,
, we can no longer stay in the important position of Minister of the Ministry of War, just let him go home and wait. Once he is really found out, it will not be too late to search his home. Anyway, his home is in Lishui.
"Let's go into the palace. He must have some conspiracy when he comes to Beijing at this time."
The little princess then said.
Her carriage immediately turned towards the palace.
At this time, Fang Xiaoru had already entered a temple.
"Mr. Zhengxue, are you having a smooth journey?"
Yao Guangxiao smiled and stepped forward.
Well, he is the mastermind behind it.
This guy had been in Peiping before. He was against Zhu Di's march to the Western Regions. He, his brothers Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Yu all opposed it. After all, for them, fighting for the world is the right thing to do. Why would he go to a place like the Western Regions? So Zhu Di went to the Western Regions.
I didn't take him with me. He always traveled between Peking and Beijing.
Anyway, the sea route is convenient.
By this time, new schooner clippers were widely used in north-south maritime transportation.
"Look at the door and stop, why should you be afraid of the minions of the ignorant king."
Fang Xiaoru said proudly.
He was not bragging. When he sneaked into the capital, he was protected by gentry from all over the country.
Including entering the capital, he relied on the help of local gentry.
"The heart of King Guangze is what the people want!"
Yao Guangxiao said with emotion.
Then he smiled deeply.
"But now that I have ascended the throne, not to mention that he was chosen by Emperor Daxing, what can King Guangze do even if the people's wishes are the same? After all, he will not be able to stand down. There is no need for my king and others to worry. At most, they can only do nothing if they see something. They will return according to the order.
It's just the Western Region, I don't think I will continue to entangle with you now.
But if that happens, King Guangze may just be a glass of poisoned wine."
he said.
"What did the master want to say?"
Fang Xiaoru said.
He came to Beijing to discuss the next plan with Yao Guangxiao.
With his pedantic mind, how could he possibly pull off such a series of cunning operations? He fled with Zhu Yunwen to Jingzhou and took advantage of King Xiang's desire to push Zhu Di into power. He deliberately lured him into the water and then continued to stimulate him, and finally created
King Xiang committed suicide and angered Zhu Di and the feudal princes. Zhu Yunwen ran to cry to Zhu Di and the feudal princes.
This plan is intertwined, and it is necessary to be familiar with the characters of King Xiang and Zhu Di, especially the relationship between their brothers.
All thanks to Yao Guangxiao.
Then he continued to sit in the capital.
Now everything has come true according to his plan.
So what’s next?
"There was only one possibility for King Guangze to ascend the throne, and he died suddenly today."
Yao Guangxiao said with a smile.
Fang Xiaoru fell into silence.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to do it, the key is that he doesn’t know how to do it!
"Mr. Zhengxue, if you Confucian scholars want to have a good life of being a sage and a virtuous minister, you can only fight to the death. We don't have to fight to the death. Even if I leave tomorrow, find a truce with the king and return to the Western Regions with the order, the country will still be indispensable.
Your honor as a teacher, but you Confucian scholars are doomed.
Mr. Zhengxue, when Confucianism is surviving or dying, are there not a few martyrs?"
Yao Guangxiao said.
As he spoke, he placed a flintlock pistol on the table.